Antibiotics obtained from streptomyces miharaensis

ABSTRACT

Miharamycin A and miharamycin B, obtained by cultivating selected strains of actinomyces (Streptomyces miharaensis), have a strong inhibition activity against microbes of rice blight and those of Pseudomonas and exhibit an effective activity against plant virus.

United States Patent Niida et al. 1451 July 18, 1972 [54] ANTIBIOTICS OBTAINED FROM 51 111:. ci. ..A6lk 21/00, C12b 1/00 STREPTOMYCES MIHARAENSIS [58] Held ofSearch ..424/1 16, 115; 195/80 [72] Inventors: Taro Nilda; Hiroshi Yumoto; Takashi Tsu- 5 References cited ruoka, all of Kanagawa-ken; Kazuko Hamamoto, Tokyo; Jakashi Shomura, UNIT ED STATES PATENTS fifgfiz zg ohm, 3,089,816 5/1963 Gaeumann et al ..l67/65 p 3,272,709 9/1966 Bergy et a1 ...l67/65 [73] Assignee: Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd., Tokyo, Japan 3,089,816 5/1963 Gaeumann et al.. .....424/1 15 3,272,709 9 1966 B tal ..'....424 116 22 Filed: Dec. 24, 1968 l 1 ergy e l [21] Appl 791,856 Primary ExaminerSam Rosen Attorney-Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack Related U.S. Application Data 57 IRA [63] Continuation-impart of Ser. No. 626,470, March 28, I I ABS CT 1967, Miharamycin A and miharamycin B, obtained by cultivating selected strains of actinomyces (Streptomyces miharaensis), [30] Foreign Application Priority Dat have a strong inhibition activity against microbes of rice blight and those of Pseudomonas and exhibit an effective activity March 28, 1966 Japan ..4l/ 18691 against plant virus [52] US. Cl ..424/1 16, 195/80 5 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures Patented ul 18, 1972 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fl G.1

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K010! Hnmnmora, Tnknsm suo'mugfl 0, .'INVENTOR$ Y MMRQZZIW M ANTIBIOTICS OBTAINED FROM STREPIOMYCES MIIIARAENSIS This application is a continuation of our application Ser. No. 626,470,filed Mar. 28, 1967.

The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of novel antibiotic substances called miharamycin A" and miharamycin B" which are obtained by cultivating selected strains of actinomyces.

The present inventors have found that in the culture of a specific strain belonging to actinomyces, an antibiotic substance is produced which has a strong inhibition activity against microbes of rice blight and those of Pseudomonas and exhibiting an effective activity also against plant virus. The inventors extracted these effective substances from the culture with success and named miharamycin A and miharamyein B," respectively.

As the strain of actinomyces to be used in the process of the present invention, an actinomyces is mentioned which has an ability of producing in the culture miharamycins A and B in amounts sufficient for them to be extracted, thus a new actinomyces which has been isolated by the present inventors from soils in Mihara City of Hiroshima Prefecture and Toyonaka City of Osaka-fu and named by them Streptomyces miharaensis being employed as such. The microbiological properties of Streptomyces miharaensis nov. sp. (referred to the present strain" hereinafter) as a representative strain of the actinomyces are as follows:

I. Morphological characteristics 1. Aerial mycelium: Sporophores with closed and open spirals 2. Spore: Oval shape, l.0-l.4 by 0.6-0.8

micron in size, surface smooth. ll. Properties of the strain on various sorts of culture medium:

Culture Aerial Soluble medium Growth mycelium pigment Others Sucrose- Good;penetrates None Light Czapekinto the agar; cream agar pale yellow color Glucose- Whitish None None; or C2apek-agar cream color Glucose- Good, raised; Poor; None asparaginepale yellow white to agar (some colonies brownish (Krainsky) with olive grey color tinge) Glucose- Good; Scant, None asparaginepale yellow little in agar margin of (Ushinsky growth,

white to 8") Calcium- None malateagar Glycerine- Good; color None Yellowcalciumchanges from ish malateolive pale brown agar yellow to light yellowish brown Meat Mossy cream None Brown extractcolor agar Glucosemeat Good; fine None Brown extractwinkled agar Starch- Color changes Pooncolor None Strong ammoniumfrom light changes from hydrosulfateyellow to white to lysis agar light yellowgrey of starch ish brown brownish grey Starch- Light yellow- Good; Yellowyeast light browfawn mixed ish extractnish yellow with white brown agar (MM spots phosphate buffer at pH 7.0 is substituted for tap water Potato Good growth None Dark plug in protubebrown rances; around light brown growth Carrot Cream color None Almost plug none Loefflers Smooth growth; None Greyish Culture coagulated color changes colored medium is serum gradually from not liquegreyish fled, grows yellow to dark likewise even greyish brown at 37 C Egg medium Good growth None None Grows in a wrinkled likewise state; dark even at brown 37 C Skim milk Growth in a Dark Quick pepring state; brown tonization color changes without cofrom cream agulation, gradually to pH 6.2-6.4 brown after 2 weeks); grows likewise even at 37 C Meat extract- Creamy None Dark Peptization gelatin brown proceeds culture medium gradually (20C, 40 days) Note: Unless particularly described of observations were carried out after 20 days of cultivation at 28C Ill. Physiological characteristics:

Production of H 8 Positive Thyrosinase reaction Positive Nitrite producing reaction Positive Hydrolysis of starch Strong Gelatin liquefaction Gradually proceeding Liquefaction of coagurated serum None Doubtful utilization Not utilized As above described, the present strain grows on synthetic agar and is cream to pale yellow in color, sometimes having a tinge of olive. On an organic medium a brown pigment is produced in general. Aerial mycelium of the present strain, on the ordinary agar medium is scant in general, develops in two types, i.e., open and closed types of spirals. The condium has a smooth surface. Carbon source utilization spectrum of the strain is of a wide range type. When such an actinomyces is searched among the well-known species of microbes, there may be found as particularly nearly related thereto Streptomyces filipinensis (Aman, A. et al.: Phytopathology, 45, 559-565 (1955)), any other strains being not appropriate. While Streptomyces filipinensis produces a polyen antibiotic substance Filipin," the present strain produces a water soluble basic type of new antibiotic substance miharamycin. Therefore, these two strains have in regard to the produced antibiotic substance little relation to each other. Comparison of characteristics between the two strains is summarized in the following table.

STRAIN Streptomycesfilipinensir The present strain A: Cottony, white-grey (colorless drops of exudate on mycelium) S: Slightly yellowish A: Not formed S: Pale cream Starch G: Good G: Pale yellow-light agar yellowish brown A: White-grey A: Poor; grey-brownish y S: Not produced S: Not produced L: Hydrolysis weak L: Hydrolysis strong Glycerine G: Good G: Good; pale yellow agar with an olive tint A: White-grey A: Not formed S: Slightly yellowish S: Yellowish brown Nitrate Little, if any Nitrite formation can reduction be clearly observed (positive) Strain S treprom yces fllipinenris The present strain Utilization Rhamnose:

Rhamnose: of carbon source Sorbitol: Sorbitol: lnulin lnulin Salicin: Salicin: Dulcitol: Dulcitol:

Note: G: Growth; A: Aerial mycelium; S: Soluble pigment; L: Liquefaction Comparing the present strain with Streplomyces filipinensis, the tendency of spiral formation is the same type and the growth colors on synthetic agar are similar to each other. Besides, both the strains have properties in common that they produce a brown pigment on an organic culture medium, that they do not form aerial mycelia on a nutrient agar and potato plug and that they have wide range spectrum for carbon source.

However, the property of Streptomyces miharaensis nov. sp. that it is difficult for this strain to develop aerial mycelia on various agar media is a very peculiar distinction. Because of this peculiarity it is necessary for the formation of aerial mycelium to employ a special agar culture medium containing starch-yeast extract added with a phosphate buffer of pH 7.0. On the contrary, Srreptomyces filipinensis is able despite its some degree of similarity to the present strain to easily develop aerial mycelia on a synthetic agar, glycerine agar and starch agar. Again as to the color of aerial mycelium, while fawn with white spots is peculiar to the present strain, Streptom yces fllipinensis develops grey at the utmost.

While the hydrolysis of starch and nitrate reducing tendency of the present strain are quite remarkable, they are weak or obscure in the case of Streptomycesfilipinensis.

Although the present strain closely resembles Streptomyces filipinensis in that the carbon source spectra are of wide range type for both strains, they are quite distinctive from each other in the property of utilizing rhamnose, inulin and sorbitol.

As mentioned above, the present strain is distinguished from Streptomyces filipinensis in the color of aerial mycelium as well as in physiological properties. Besides, the present strain is very peculiar in the point that definite conditions are required for the development of aerial mycelium. Thus, the present inventors attached importance to this point of the present strain, considered it to be a new species of actinomyces and named it as Streptomyces miharaensis nov. sp. A.T.C.C. deposition number of the present strain is 19,440.

Additionally remarking, the present inventors isolated besides the aforesaid Streptomyces miharaensis nov.sp. SF-55l strain and SF-SSZ strain respectively from different soils, of which mycological characteristics were confirmed to be similar to those of Streptomyces miharaensis nov. sp., and established a new species Srrepromyces miharaensis" as actinomyces which produce novel antibiotic substances miharamycin A and miharamycin B." These strains, being as unstable in properties as observed on other actionmyces, exhibit variation in response to artificial variation means such as, for example, the irradiation by ultraviolet ray, X-ray, high frequency light wave or radiation as well as by the treatment with chemical agent. In spite of their low stability all the strains belonging to Streptomyces miharaenxis and hence capable of producing miharamycins A and B can be used in the process of the present invention.

Thus, the gist of the present invention is a process for the preparation of miharamycins A and B, which comprises cultivating the strains of Srreptomyces miharaensis producing miharamycins A and B and extracting the miharamycins from the culture.

The present invention shall be further described referring to the attached drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a curve of the ultraviolet absorption spectrum of miharamycin A.

FIG. 2 shows a curve of the ultraviolet absorption spectrum of miharamycin B.

FIG. 3 shows a curve of infrared absorption spectrum of miharamycin A.

FIG. 4 shows a curve of infrared absorption spectrum of miharamycin B.

In the process of this invention, the above-mentioned strains are cultured on a cultivation medium containing nutriments which normal microbes can make use of. As nutrient sources, the well-known nutriments which have hitherto been utilized in the cultivation of actinomyces may be employed. For example, glucose, starch, glycerine, dextrin and the like can be used as carbon source. As nitrogen source, on the other hand, can be used powdered soybean, meat extract, pepton, distillers solubles, corn steep liquor, ammonium sulfate, sodium nitrate and etc. Further more, not only inorganic salts such as calcium carbonate, common salt, potassium chloride, phosphates but also organic and inorganic substances which foster the growth of the microbe and promote the production of miharamycin can adequately be added, if necessary. As the method of cultivation, similarly to that for producing the ordinary kinds of antibiotics, a liquid cultivation method, especially the method of deep aerated submerged cultivation is most preferable. Cultivation is carried out under aerobic conditions and the temperature suitable for the cultivation is within a range of 25-35 "C but in most cases cultivation is carried out at a temperature near 28C. Thus, the production of miharamycin reaches its peak after 2-5 days in both shaking cultivation and tank cultivation.

In assaying miharamycin, the following procedure is employed: As the culture medium for assay is used a culture ground containing 0.5 percent of glucose, 0.5 percent of pepton and 1.5 percent of agar and adjusted of pH to 7.0. As the assay microbe is used Pseudomonas tabaci. When miharamycin is assayed by using this microbe, the relation of logarithmic concentration to inhibition circle is represented in a linear relation in the range of Sy/mol-ZOy/mol, the diameter of inhibition circle being 15-30mm.

Miharamycin, being possessed of such properties as mentioned below, can be extracted and refined by taking advantage of these properties. Thus, the miharamycin produced in cultivation is extracted directly or from the liquor filtrated beforehand. The miharamycin is then adsorbed onto a cation exchanging resin and thereafter eluted with an acidic or basic water or such added with a solvent. After concentration of the elute, the miharamycin is adsorbed to a column of active charcoal and eluted with aqueous acetone, aqueous alcohol or a mixture thereof with hydrochloric acid, an active part being then concentrated. When the concentrate is subsequently treated with an aluminum column and eluted with aqueous acetone, it gets free from coloring impurities. When the product thus obtained is treated with a column of anion exchanging resin and chromatographically developed by means of water and dilute hydrochloric acid, miharamycin B as free base comes eluted as contained in an aqueous layer and miharamycin A as hydrochloride does so as contained in an acidic part. The free base is concentrated, neutralized with hydrochloric acid on the one hand and the acidic fraction is neutralized by treating with Amberlite lR-45 (registered trade mark) and concentrated on the other, both the products being then separately lyophilized and pulverized. When these powdered products are dissolved in small amounts of water and left standing after the addition of appropriate quantities of acetone, ethanol or methanol, there precipitate crude crystals. When these crude crystalline preparations are recrystallized from water or a system of water-ethanol or water-methanol, there are obtained respectively miharamycin A hydrochloride and miharamycin B hydrochloride each as fine rhombic crystals.

The crystals obtained by the above process are fairly stable in either case of miharamycins A and B. However, when made up into dilute solutions of 200mcg/ml and the solutions are subjected at a pH between 2 and 9 to heat treatment at 100C for 30 minutes or to leaving intact at 37C for 6 days, either substance tends in an acidic region of pH to be reduced in effective value, appearing rather stable in neutral and alkaline region of pH.

Some physicochemical properties of miharamycins A and B will now be described in the following:

Miharamycin A Miharamycin B l. Melting point Acquires a red tint Tinged with pink at (on microblock) 108) (0.1N HCI) 223 mtt E.... 3) 239-249 mu(Shoulder) m-H 4. Molecular weight (Neutralization 314 (Hydrochloride value by titration) Elementary analysis (Hydrochloride) C Ash 0 6. Molecular formula (M.W. 337 X n) Approximate coincidence ofA and B in UV absorption wave number and E ,,l%value suggests l95207C and decomposed at 215- 218C (hydrochloride, fine rhombic crystal) (E l%368) 44 mp. 106) 244 mp. E,,,, 10s 307 m 110 619 (Hydrochloride) 571 (Free base) N 22.08 Cl 4.98 Ash 0 that n 2 7. Infrared 334l,

3209, I620, absorption (Hydrochloride) 1585,1517, I482, (KBr tablet) 1435, I381, i342, 1290, 1219, l090, 1050, 993, 960,

. Color re- Ninhydrin, action Ehrlich, Saltaguchi (Color development on silica (weak), potassium gel film permanganate chromatogram) Negative: FeCl aniline hydrogen phthalate 9. Filter paper Positive Positive: Ninhydrin,

Ehrlich, Sakaguchi (orange), potassium permanganate (weak) Negative: FeCl aniline hydrogen phthalate electrophoresis (350 volt, At pH 5.0,

migrates 3 hrs) 2.3cm toward pole At pH 5.0, migrates 2.5cm toward pole Solvent system 1. Upper layer of chloroform-methanol- 0.84 0.62 [7% aqueous ammonia (2: l l 2. n-Propanol-pyridineacetic acid-water 0.70 0.64 (l5:l0:3.l0) Detection method: By potassium permanganate, the

A substance is quickly oxidized but the color development of the B substance takes place after 2-3 minutes.

(2) Thin layer chromatography with cellulose.

Rf Value Mihara- Miharamycin A mycin B Solvent system 1. Upper layer of chloroform-methanol- 0.72 0.55 17% aqueous ammonia (2 l 1) Detection method: Ninhydrin An example of antibacterial spectra of miharamycins A AND B observed with various species of microbes is given in the following table.

Antibacterial activity assayed by the paper disc Plate method Inhibitory diameter (mm) Mihara- Miharamycin A mycin 8 Test organisms (500 /ml) 300 /ml Bacillus sublilis 0 O Bacilus cirrulons 0 0 Sarcina [area 0 0 Micrococcus radiodurans 13.7 12.0 Staphylococcus aureus 209-1 Small Small Corynebacterium equi 0 Escherichia coli K-12 0 0 Salmonella ryphi O 0 SliigeIIa dysenleriae 0 O Klebsiella pneumonine Small Small Pseudomonas Iabaci 26.0 25.5 Pseudamana: aeruginora (25.4) (17.2) Pseudomanas fluorescens 12.3 1 1.3 Xanrhomona: aryzae 0 0 Mycobacterium 607 0 0 Candida albicans 0 0 Piricularia oryzae 69.5 61.5

Antimicrobiol activity assayed by dilution method imum inhibitory concentration Mihara- Mihara- Test organisms mycin A mycin B Pseudomanas Iabaci Pseudomonas azruginosa Miharamycines A and B proved to have no effect on adult of Scarlet killifish (8 months after hatching) even when added in a concentration of ppm. In an experiment with rabbit (male, body weight of 2kg) they exerted even when dropped as 0.01 percent solution in the eyes no irritation on conjunctiva, cornea, pulpebra and etc. Again, even after exposure to sunlight for 6 hours, their effective values remained as perfectly unchanged. On the other hand, miharamycins A and B are comparatively of high animal toxity; thus, in an experiment of acute poisoning conducted with mice, values of LD were found in the case of venous injection to be 10-15mg/kg.

From the above described information for miharamycins A and B, this novel antibiotic seemed to be related to blasticidin S, gougerotin, kasugamycin, neburalin, puromycin, and angustmycins A and B in group of water soluble basic antibiotic or nucleic acid antibiotic, but miharamycins A and B are clearly distinguishable from the antibiotics with respect to ultraviolet absorption, shown in the following table. Since miharamycins A and B cannot thus be brought in line with any known antibiotic, they may well both be looked upon as new antibiotic substance.

Antibiotics, 7A,

113 (1954) Kasugamycin No absorption Umezawa et a1:

.lour. Antibiotics, 18A, 101 (1965) Miharamycin A 223mg; 0.1N HCl Miharamycin B 22311111.; 0.1N HCl A few examples of the present invention will be given in the following with the view of that the scope of the invention is not to be limited to these examples and many other varied or modified means can of course be employed.

EXAMPLE 1 Streptomyces miharaensis nav. sp. is inoculated on a culture medium of 2 percent glucose, 1 percent pepton, 0.5 percent meat extract and 0.5 percent NaCl having apl-l of 7.0 and submitted to shaking cultivation at 28C for 48 hours, a seed culture as stem being thereby prepared. Each 600ml of the stem thus prepared is inoculated on three batches of a culture medium containing 4 percent glucose, 2 percent wheat embryo bud, 3 percent SBM and 0.6 percent NaCl and having a pH of 7.0, each batch being 10 1 in volume and sterilized in a 20 1 capacity jar fermenter before the addition of said Stem culture, and the inoculated batches are submitted to air current agitation culture at 28C. After the lapse of 66 hours culture time, the culture liquor is filtered, 25 1 of filtrate being obtained. The filtrate is adjusted of pH to 7.2, adsorbed on 2 1 column of Amberlite IRC 50 (ll-type), washed with water and eluted with 0.5N aqueous hydrochloric acid.

The antibiotically active elute is collected (4 l), neutralized by treating with Amberlite 1R 45 (OH-type) and then concentrated by vacuum evaporation. The concentrated liquor (300ml) is adsorbed on a column of 300g active charcoal, washed with water and then eluted with 50percent aqueous acetone. The active fraction is thus collected (2.5 l), concentrated by vacuum evaporation and lyophilized, 1.3g of brown colored powder being obtained. This product is dissolved in ml of 50 percent aqueous acetone, adsorbed on a column of 50g alumina and then developed with 50 percent aqueous acetone. When the active fraction is collected (350ml), concentrated by vacuum evaporation and lyophilized, 0.9g of light brown powder is obtained. This product is dissolved in 10ml water, treated with a tower of 25ml Dowex (registered trade mark) 1 X 2 (OH-type) and chromatographically developed with water. When the active fraction (miharamycin B fraction: 400ml) is collected, adjusted with hydrochloric acid to pH 6.8, concentrated by vacuum evaporation and lyophilized, 109mg of white powder is obtained. This product is dissolved in 2ml water, precipitated by addition of five times amount of acetone. The precipitate is dissolved in 0.5m] water and added with ethanol. By leaving the solution standing 80mg of miharamycin B hydrochloride is obtained as fine rhombic crystal.

The resin was further eluted with 0.2N aqueous hydrochloric acid and the active fraction (miharamycin A fraction: 80ml) thus collected is neutralized by treating with Amberlite IR 45 (OH-type), concentrated under reduced pressure and lyophilized. There is obtained 450mg of light brown powder. This product is dissolved in 4ml water and precipitated thereafter by addition of 50ml ethanol. The precipitate is again dissolved in lml water. After this aqueous solution with ethanol is left standing, 70mg of miharamycin A hydrochloride is obtained as fine rhombic crystal.

EXAMPLE 2 300 l of a culture ground containing 4 percent sucrose, 3 percent SBM, 2 percent wheat ombryo bud, 0.6 percent NaCl and having a pH of 7.0 was inoculated with a ceed culture of Streplmyces miharaensis nov. sp. (the same as in example 1) in a proportion of Spercent and with this inoculated culture ground, tank culture (in a 500 1 capacity tank made of iron) was carried out at C for 55 hours. By filtering this system, 300 l of filtrate was obtained inclusive of washing water percolated from microbe bodies. The filtrate was adjusted of pH to 7.0, adsorbed on a tower of 1 Amberlite IRC 50 (H-type), washed with water and eluted with 0.5N aqueous hydrochloric acid. Active fractions were collectively neutralized by treating with Amberlite IR 45 (OH-type) and then concentrated under reduced pressure, 2 l of a syrupy product being thereby obtained. This product was adsorbed on a tower of 1.5kg of active charcoal, washed with water and eluted with 50 percent aqueous acetone (acidified with hydrochloric acid to pH 2.0). Antibiotically active elute thus collected (12 l was neutralized and concentrated by vacuum evaporation. This concentrated liquor (400ml) was added with 400ml acetone, then treated with a tower of alumina (1kg) and developed with 50 percent aqueous acetone. Active fractions were collectively concentrated (to 200ml) by vacuum evaporation submitted to treatment with a tower of 300ml of Dowex 1 X2 (OH-type) and then eluted with water. 300ml of the active fraction thus obtained was neutralized with hydrochloric acid, concentrated by vacuum evaporation and lyophilized, there being obtained on drying 0.6g of pale yellow powder. By crystallizing this product from water-ethanol, 0.3g of miharamycin B hydrochlorid was obtained as fine rhombic crystal. The resin tower was further eluted with 0.2N aqueous hydrochloric acid. 400ml of active fraction thus eluted was neutralized by treating with Amberlite IR 45 (OH-type), concentrated under reduced pressure (to ml), subjected to a tower of 50g alumina and developed with 50 percent aqueous acetone. The active fractions were collectively concentrated in vacuum evaporation and lyophilized, 3.2g of pale yellow powder being thereby obtained. Crystallization of this product from waterethanol yielded 2.1g of miharamycin A hydrochloride.

The examples presented above are concerned with the practice of isolating and refining miharamycins A and B. However, these new substances exhibit as aforesaid so prominent antibiotic activity against Pseudomonas and Piricularia oryzae in particular that it is possible under circumstances to directly make use of a filtrate of culture or crude preparations thereof. For example, in the case of using them as agricultural medicines of which impurity content makes little harmful factor their isolution and purification are not necessitated.

What is claimed is:

l. A process for the preparation of new antibiotic substances miharamycins A and B characterized in that Streptomyces miharaensis, A.T.C.C. No. 19, 440, is cultured under aerobic conditions to cause miharamycins A and B to accumulate in the culture medium from which miharamycins A and B are extracted.

2. Miharamycin A, a substance which has the following properties:

1. Melting point (on microblock) Acquires a red tint at 193C decomposes at 2l0214 C (hydrochloride, fine rhombic crystal); Is easily soluble in water, slightly soluble in methanol, insoluble in non-aqueous solvents such as ethanol, acetone,

chloroform, butyl acetate,

carbon tetrachloride, benzene,

hexane, ether and soluble in aqueous solvents such as 2. Solubility 239-249 mg (Shoulder) 12. 1)

10 314 mu (E ,Z, (0.1N NaOH) 307 m (E 12: 105) 4. Molecular weight (Neutralization 314 (Hydrochloride value by titration) 5. Elementary analysis (Hydrochloride C 40.07%

H 6.02 N 21.59 Cl 9.12 Ash 0 6. Molecular formula c,,rr,,o,N,-Hc1),.

(M.W. 337 X n) 7. infrared 3341, 3209, 1620,1585, 1517,

absorption (Hydrochloride) 1482, 1435, 1381, 1342, 1290, (KBr tablet) 1219, 1090, 1050, 99 3, 960, 873, 799 cm 8. Color re- Positive: Ninhydrin,

action (Color Ehrlich, Sakaguchi development on silica (weak), potassium gel film chromatopermanganate gram) Negative: FeCl aniline hydrogen phthalate; 9. Filter paper electrophoresis (350 volt, At pH 5.0, migrates 3 hrs) 2.3cm toward pole.

3. Miharamycin B, a substance which has the following properties:

l. Melting point con microblock) 2. Solubility water; 3. Ultraviolet absorption (Hydrochloride) (Water) 218 mp.

122 368) 244 mu 12% 106) 307 mu .12 10) (0.1N(HC1) 223 mu (E 1: 568) 239-245 mg (Shoulder) 12; 81) 314 m (E 12: 66) (0.1N NaOH) 244 mp. (E 105) 307 m (E I? 110) 4. Molecular weight (Neutralization 619 (Hydrochloride) value by titration) 571 (Free base) 5. Elementary analysis (Hydrochloride) C 39.89%

H 5.97 N 22.08 C1 Cl 4.98 Ash 6. Molecular formula c,,l-i,,,0,,N,,-Hc1

(M.W. 640) 7.1nfrared 3341, 3208, 2951, 1659, 1621 absorption 1585, 1518, 1483,1473, 1342, (Hydro- 1288,1217, 1089, 1063, 992, chloride) 863, 873, 795 cm"; (KBr tablet) 8. Color re- Positive: Ninhydrin,

action (Color Ehrlich, Sakaguchi development on silica (orange, potassium gel film chromatopermanganate (weak) gram Negative: Fecl aniline hydrogen 94 Filmpape, phthalate; 4. The hydrochloride of miharamycin A.

electrophoresis 5. The hydrochloride of miharamycin B. (350 volt. At pH 5.0. migrates 3 hours) 2.5cm toward pole. 5 

2. Miharamycin A, a substance which has the following properties:
 3. Miharamycin B, a substance which has the following properties:
 4. The hydrochloride of miharamycin A.
 5. The hydrochloride of miharamycin B.
 5. Elementary analysis (Hydrochloride C 40.07% H 6.02 N 21.59 Cl 9.12 Ash 0
 6. Molecular formula (C11H1205N5.HCl)n (M.W. 337 X n)
 7. Infrared 3341, 3209, 1620, 1585, 1517, absorption (Hydro- chloride) 1482, 1435, 1381, 1342, 1290, (KBr tablet) 1219, 1090, 1050, 99 3, 960, 873, 799 cm 1 ;
 8. Color re- Positive: Ninhydrin, action (Color Ehrlich, Sakaguchi development on silica (weak), potassium gel film chromato- permanganate gram) Negative: FeCl3, aniline hydrogen phthalate;
 9. Filter paper electrophoresis (350 volt, At pH 5.0, migrates 3 hrs) 2.3cm toward (-) pole.
 7. Infrared 3341, 3208, 2951, 1659, 1621 absorption 1585, 1518, 1483, 1473, 1342, (Hydro-1288, 1217, 1089, 1063, 992, chloride) 863, 873, 795 cm 1; (KBr tablet)
 8. Color re-Positive: Ninhydrin, action (ColorEhrlich, Sakaguchi development on silica (orange, potassium gel film chromato- permanganate (weak) gram Negative: FeC13, aniline hydrogenphthalate;
 9. Filter paper electrophoresis (350 volt, At pH 5.0, migrates 3 hours) 2.5cm toward (-) pole. 